Check out which former Spartans will be playing in the Super Bowl
The big game is this Sunday, featuring a matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams. This will cap the 2021-22 NFL season and crown this season’s Super Bowl Champion.
Michigan State fans have seen a number of former Spartans showcase their skills in the big game, and sometimes even coming away with the coveted Lombardi Trophy.
This year is no different and there will be some Spartans featured in the Super Bowl for both teams.
Take a look at which former Spartans will be playing in Super Bowl LVI:
Matthew Stafford pasó 12 años tratando de llegar al Super Bowl con Detroit y se quedó corto, pero en su primera temporada con Los Angeles Rams, lo logró. Y Kelly Stafford, quien ha estado con él desde que estaban en Georgia, pudo celebrar con él en …
Matthew Stafford pasó 12 años tratando de llegar al Super Bowl con Detroit y se quedó corto, pero en su primera temporada con Los Angeles Rams, lo logró.
Y Kelly Stafford, quien ha estado con él desde que estaban en Georgia, pudo celebrar con él en el campo después de que el QB derrotó a los San Francisco 49ers en el partido por el título de la NFC para amarrar su lugar en el Super Bowl 56, que se jugará en casa, en Los Angeles.
Aquí les dejamos el momento capturado en el campo del SoFi Stadium, cuando empezó la celebración tras la increíble victoria:
Odell Beckham Jr.; quien comenzó la temporada con los Cleveland Browns, va a ir al Super Bowl por primera vez en su carrera con Matthew Stafford y los Rams después de que Los Ángeles vencieron a los 49s, 20-17, en el Estadio SoFi. OBJ ha sido uno de …
Odell Beckham Jr.; quien comenzó la temporada con los Cleveland Browns, va a ir al Super Bowl por primera vez en su carrera con Matthew Stafford y los Rams después de que Los Ángeles vencieron a los 49s, 20-17, en el Estadio SoFi.
OBJ ha sido uno de los mejores receptores de la NFL y ha sido muy bueno desde que se unió a los Rams a mediados de la temporada. Tuvo 9 atrapadas para 113 yardas en el Juego de Campeonato de la NFL y será un jugador clave para LA cuando los Rams se enfrenten a los Benglas en el Super Bowl 56.
Cuando sonó el silbato final en el juego del domingo, OBJ dejó de celebrar con su equipo y buscó al receptor estrella de los 49s Deebo Samuel, quien tuvo una temporada increíble que terminó a un triunfo del Super Bowl. Samuel estaba claramente sensible y fue muy buen gesto que OBJ fuera a hablar con él.
Jalen Ramsey y Robbie Gould no tiene mucho en común. SI claro, los dos son jugadores de football All-Pro cuyo trabajo ha sido crucial para llevar a los Rams de Los Angeles y a los 49s de San Francisco a un solo partido del Super Bowl 56. Pero fuera …
Jalen Ramsey y Robbie Gould no tiene mucho en común. SI claro, los dos son jugadores de football All-Pro cuyo trabajo ha sido crucial para llevar a los Rams de Los Angeles y a los 49s de San Francisco a un solo partido del Super Bowl 56. Pero fuera de eso son muy diferentes.
Ramsey es un esquinero de 27 años y elección top 5 de los Rams que en algún momento cambiaros dos elecciones de primera ronda para obtenerlo. Gouls es un pateador de 39 años que fue cortado alguna vez por los Chicago Bears (jeje). Pero por un momento breve en que compartieron el campo durante el partido del Campeonato de la Conferencia de la NFC, encontraron algo que los podía unir
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Gould anotó una patada de 38 yardas al final del segundo cuarto para extender su racha perfecta de 21 goles de campo en los playoffs. Al final de la jugada, las cámaras de Fox lo cacharon diciéndole algo a Ramsey. Ramsey feliz le contentó y los dos tuvieron que ser separados por los linieros de los 49s cuando trotaban a los vestidores. Notablemente, los bloqueadores de San Francisco parecía estar alejando a su pateador del esquinero de LA cómo diciéndole al mundo “Nosotros te protegemos, no tenemos idea de que es capaz este viejito y su fuerza”.
¿Por qué estaría tan ardido Ramsey con Gould? Puede ser que tenga que ver con su récord de 0-6 frente a los 49s en los seis años de su carrera.
Apparently, Burrow will be the exact same age on Sunday as Wilson was for that game.
Football is unpredictable and if we’re being perfectly honest nobody knows exactly how any one game is going to play out – especially because the best team doesn’t always win. For example, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams are the superior teams on paper going into Sunday’s conference championships. However, it would not come as a surprise if both the San Francisco 49ers and the Cincinnati Bengals upset them and made it to the Super Bowl.
If you believe in weird coincidences, this strange connection with Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson could be another good omen for Joe Burrow this weekend.
The last time two teams met for the first time ever in the playoffs in the conference championship was the classic 2013-14 NFC title game between San Francisco and Seattle, who won that game in thrilling and memorable fashion.
Apparently, Burrow will be the exact same age on Sunday as Wilson was for that matchup (25 years and 65 days).
Into crazy woo-woo signs? #Bengals and #Chiefs meeting in playoffs for 1st time. Last time two teams met in playoffs for 1st time in a conf title game? Russell Wilson-led #Seahawks beat #49ers. RW was 25yrs, 65days old on SB Sunday. On 2/13? Joe Burrow will be 25yrs, 65days old!
More importantly, Cincinnati beat Kansas City only a few weeks ago – a result that Chiefs coach Andy Reid says wasn’t a fluke. Meanwhile, the Niners have won six straight against the Rams.
Sony Michel has a history of shining on the biggest of stages.
Sony Michel has a history of shining under the brightest of lights.
At Georgia, it was a game-winning overtime touchdown in the Rose Bowl to send the Bulldogs to the national championship in the 2017-18 season. Fast forward one week, and Michel would end his UGA career with a loss to Alabama in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium but left as the Bulldogs’ third all-time leading rusher.
A few months later, Michel, a Florida-born star of Haitian descendants, heard his name called with the 31st overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft by the New England Patriots.
A nagging knee injury in the preseason and a slow start prompted quick criticism of Michel’s ability. He got healthy and quickly silenced his doubters, rushing for 931 yards and six touchdowns in the regular season of his rookie year.
When the playoffs rolled around, Michel made history scoring an NFL playoff record six touchdowns while rushing for 336 yards.
Super Bowl LIII was held in none other than Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where Michel had suffered a heartbreaking defeat just one year prior. Of course the Patriots would go on to win that game, beating Todd Gurley and the Los Angeles Rams 13-3. Michel rushed for 94 yards and scored the only touchdown of the game.
Feb 3, 2019; Atlanta, GA, USA; New England Patriots running back Sony Michel (26) scores a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Michel spent three seasons with the Patriots, racking up 535 attempts for 2,292 yards with 14 touchdowns and another 258 yards and 26 receptions through the air. He was dealt to the Los Angeles Rams – the team he beat in the Super Bowl just a couple years prior – this past offseason for a few late-round draft picks.
Michel spent much of the 2021 season splitting carries with Darrell Henderson, but found himself as the Rams’ primary back in December as Henderson was dealing with injuries and Covid. Michel led the NFL in rushing in the month of December with 423 yards and one again proved his doubters, this time the New England Patriots, wrong.
Now Michel, joined by fellow Bulldogs Matthew Stafford and Leonard Floyd, have an opportunity to bring a Super Bowl to the Rams organization for the first time since 1999.
Michel and the Rams have another tough task this weekend against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC championship, a team that has done a good job of limiting the former Georgia running back in two meetings this season.
Los Angeles Rams running back Sony Michel, center, runs for a touchdown as quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) reacts during the second half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
For Michel, he’s on a mission to win his second Super Bowl in just his fourth season in the NFL. But as he’s noted, this is not just for him, but for his family.
Migrants of Haiti, Jean and Marie Michel met in Florida in 1991, where they had Sony and older brother Marken after leaving their daughter Lamise behind in Haiti. Michel’s mother came to the United States on a ferry with 13 other people at the age of 23.
“When I walk on that field, that Michel on my back is not just for me. It’s bigger than me. It’s my family.”
And then there were five. Now that Conference Championship week is upon us, only five former Clemson players remain in contention for a shot at winning a Super Bowl. The AFC Championship Game matchip between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City …
And then there were five.
Now that Conference Championship week is upon us, only five former Clemson players remain in contention for a shot at winning a Super Bowl.
The AFC Championship Game matchip between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs will feature four former Clemson standouts, three of whom play for the Bengals.
Cincinnati has a trio of former Tigers on its roster in WR Tee Higgins, DT D.J. Reader and OL Jackson Carman, while linebacker Dorian O’Daniel is Clemson’s lone representative on the Chiefs.
As for the NFC Championship Game between two divisional foes in the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers, reserve offensive lineman Tremayne Anchrum is the only former Clemson player on either side.
Last year, former Tiger punter Bradley Pinion won himself a ring with the Super Bowl Champion(s) Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Which former Clemson standout has the best shot this year?
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Seattle fans aren’t going to like hearing this, but Tretter and the NFLPA did the right thing.
The NFL originally wanted to cancel last night’s game between the Seahawks and the Rams over the latter’s COVID-19 outbreak. This news comes from NFLPA president, Browns center J.C. Tretter – who says the league also wanted to axe the Eagles/Washington matchup and the Raiders/Browns game for the same reasons.
Tretter says the player’s union fought back in order to get those six teams their game checks.
#Browns JC Tretter said the #NFL wanted to cancel the 3 games last week because of the COVID-19 outbreaks, and the NFLPA voted to reschedule them pic.twitter.com/uMCp8ldVwU
The rules that the NFLPA and the league agreed to before this season began had several stipulations on potential forfeits – among them being that the COVID-19 outbreak had to be among unvaccinated players.
At last count, 97% of the league is vaccinated and coach Pete Carroll says his team all recently got booster shots. That means the vast majority of the players who wound up on COVID-19 lists this week (including 10 Seahawks) were there despite doing everything in their power to avoid catching the virus. As far as we’re aware, there hasn’t been one reported protocol violation for any of the teams going through COVID issues.
Fans of Seattle have every reason to complain about how events unfolded for this team in Week 15, to say nothing of the officiating on Tuesday evening. Tretter and the NFLPA did the right thing, though.
With so many players out, Seattle had to look to its practice squad for extra depth ahead of tonight’s game.
The Seahawks were unable to activate any of the players currently on their reserve/COVID-19 list for their postponed Week 15 matchup with the Rams.
With so many players out, Seattle had to look to its practice squad for extra depth ahead of tonight’s game. The team just announced that four players have been activated as COVID replacements and another player has been added to that list.
